Living Fragments Dreaming Totality
Jonathan Callan, Ali Cherri, Marti Cormand, Fernanda Fragateiro, Orange Li, Marco Maggi, Sean Micka, Stephen Talasnik, Djamel Tatah, Michael Wang
December 18, 2024 - January 19, 2025
Born in Barcelona in 1970, Martí Cormand lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Throughout his work, Cormand has manifested the need to document and preserve against the violence of history and the limitations of our institutional and societal memory. Cormand applies an extraordinary level of attention to familiar objects until they become as alive as specimens under a microscope. Like a forensic detective, he examines particles and combines elements until a new reality emerges. He stitches the past with a brush and oil paint until the familiar becomes unfamiliar.
Select exhibitions include Parrish Museum, Water Mill, NY (2024), Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT (2020); Gregory Allicar Museum of Art, Fort Collins, CO (2018); Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, CO; Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME (2011); Arranz-Bravo Foundation, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain (2010); Aldrich Emerging Artist Award Show, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT (2007); Villa Arson, Nice (2006). Public Collections include: Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid; The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art at Rollins College, Winter Park, FL; Arte y Naturaleza, Madrid, Spain; Ayuntamiento de Alcobendas, Alcobendas, Spain; Caja Madrid, Spain; Fundacio La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain; Fundacio Vila Casas, Barcelona, Spain; Honda, La Garriga, Spain; Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
